Herpes simplex virus is a leading cause of sporadic encephalitis. While seizures are a common feature of Herpes simplex virus encephalitis, and periods of asystole have been reported in Herpes simplex virus patients, there have been no prior reports of ictal asystole secondary to such an infection.This case report describes a 33 year old, previously healthy, gentleman of Malaysian descent, with...

Cardinal symptoms of encephalitis include fever, headache, neck stiffness, photophobia, confusion and seizures. Clinical examination will reveal altered mental status ranging from somnolence to lethargy and coma. Delirium, cranial nerve palsies, ataxia, rash and sign of increased intracranial pressure may be seen. It is not always possible to ascertain the specific cause of encephalitis from cl...

Here, we analyze the complete coding sequences of all recognized tick-borne flavivirus species, including Gadgets Gully, Royal Farm and Karshi virus, seabird-associated flaviviruses, Kadam virus and previously uncharacterized isolates of Kyasanur Forest disease virus and Omsk hemorrhagic fever virus. Significant taxonomic improvements are proposed, e.g. the identification of three major groups ...

JUSTIFICATION Viral encephalitis is an important cause of mortality and morbidity in children. The etiological agents are varied, and physicians treating such children often feel limited by the lack of uniform guidelines on evaluation and management of these critically ill children in resource-constrained settings. PROCESS An Expert Group Meeting on Viral Encephalitis in Children was held on ...

objective this is the first report of cns involvement by the new influenza virus (influenza a [h1n1]) in iran. the patient was a 10-year-old boy with chief complaints of fever, malaise, and cranial nerve involvement, resulting in respiratory muscle paralysis and intubation. this shows that the new influenza virus, as well as the seasonal flu, can cause neurologic complications; however, the sev...

background herpes simplex virus infections are very common worldwide. the virus can cause infection in various body parts, especially eyes and the nervous system. therefore, an early diagnosis and highly sensitive method is very helpful. objectives the present study sought to investigate the efficiency of real-time taqman probe pcr in the diagnosis of hsv infection in suspected patients. patien...

BACKGROUND Viral encephalitis is a common condition but only a few studies are available on occurrence of viral encephalitis in postnatal women. The objective of this study was to determine the frequency of postnatal encephalitis among patients presenting with cerebral neurological complications during puerperium and to determine a response to 10 day course of acyclovir therapy and final outcom...

Viral encephalitis is a serious complication of hand, foot, and mouth disease (HFMD), but characteristics of cytokines response in enterovirus 71 (EV-71) and/or coxsackievirus A16 (CV-A16) associated HFMD with or without viral encephalitis remained unclear.We performed a multigroup retrospective study and compared the serum cytokines concentrations among 16 encephalitis patients infected with E...

Mosquito borne infectious diseases are among important group of diseases worldwide. Vaccination is available for some tropical mosquito-borne diseases, especially for Japa-nese encephalitis virus infection and yellow fever. There are also several attempts to develop new vaccines for the other mosquito-borne diseases such as malaria, dengue infection and West Nile virus infection. In this articl...

IMPORTANCE Encephalitis mediated by anti-N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) receptor antibodies and herpes simplex (HS) encephalitis are seemingly separate causes of encephalopathy in adults and children. Herpes simplex encephalitis is infectious, and anti-NMDA receptor antibody encephalitis is autoimmune in origin. Both can cause seizures and encephalopathy, although the latter can also cause psychia...